Ralph Klein McClure, 75, Bruceville, passed away Friday July 6, 2012 at Bridgepointe Health Campus. He was born August 21, 1936 in Bicknell to John S. McClure and Alfreda (Klein) Garrison. He attended grade school in Bruceville and Bicknell, and graduated from Terre Haute Wiley High School in 1954. After attending Vincennes University, he graduated the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1957. He served honorably in the U.S. Army from 1959-1961.
He married Lorraine Johnson on June 13, 1959, and with her by his side, he served the community as a funeral director until the onset of his illness. He was the former owner of McClure Funeral Service, McClure Ambulance Service, and the Bicknell Memorial Cemetery. He was a pioneer in emergency medicine in Knox County and became one of the first certified EMT's in the state of Indiana. He was a former volunteer on the Bicknell City Fire Department and a member of the Knox County Sheriff's Department Merit Board. He one of the founders of Lincoln Trail Hospice (now Good Samaritan Hospice), and continued to serve as a board member of the Knox County Health Department. He was honored as the 1981 Bicknell Man of the Year after having served many years as a member of the Labor Day Homecoming Celebration. He was a member of the Mariah Creek Christian Church.
In addition to his wife, Lorraine, he is survived by his two sons: John Ralph McClure and his wife, Dawn (Johnson) of Bruceville and Steve Bruce McClure and his wife, Christa (Arnold) of Bruceville; one daughter: Catherine Ann Peterson and her husband Eric, of Leesburg, Florida; five grandchildren: Lauren Jacobs and her husband Matt, Benjamin McClure, Rachael Faulkner, William Michael McClure, and Caitlyn Janay McClure; and one brother-in-law, Col. James Pelzer of Jacksonville, Florida. He is preceded in death by his father and step-mother, Jane C. McClure; his mother and step-father, Paul Garrison; one sister, Charlotte Pelzer; one niece Jeanne Ellison; and one aunt, Ruth M. Ashby.
The family will receive friends Monday July 9, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Word of Life Church. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the church with burial following at the Bruceville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Fredrick and Son McClure-Utt Funeral Home, Bicknell Chapel.
He married Lorraine Johnson on June 13, 1959, and with her by his side, he served the community as a funeral director until the onset of his illness. He was the former owner of McClure Funeral Service, McClure Ambulance Service, and the Bicknell Memorial Cemetery. He was a pioneer in emergency medicine in Knox County and became one of the first certified EMT's in the state of Indiana. He was a former volunteer on the Bicknell City Fire Department and a member of the Knox County Sheriff's Department Merit Board. He one of the founders of Lincoln Trail Hospice (now Good Samaritan Hospice), and continued to serve as a board member of the Knox County Health Department. He was honored as the 1981 Bicknell Man of the Year after having served many years as a member of the Labor Day Homecoming Celebration. He was a member of the Mariah Creek Christian Church.
In addition to his wife, Lorraine, he is survived by his two sons: John Ralph McClure and his wife, Dawn (Johnson) of Bruceville and Steve Bruce McClure and his wife, Christa (Arnold) of Bruceville; one daughter: Catherine Ann Peterson and her husband Eric, of Leesburg, Florida; five grandchildren: Lauren Jacobs and her husband Matt, Benjamin McClure, Rachael Faulkner, William Michael McClure, and Caitlyn Janay McClure; and one brother-in-law, Col. James Pelzer of Jacksonville, Florida. He is preceded in death by his father and step-mother, Jane C. McClure; his mother and step-father, Paul Garrison; one sister, Charlotte Pelzer; one niece Jeanne Ellison; and one aunt, Ruth M. Ashby.
The family will receive friends Monday July 9, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Word of Life Church. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the church with burial following at the Bruceville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Fredrick and Son McClure-Utt Funeral Home, Bicknell Chapel.
Ralph Klein McClure, 75, Bruceville, passed away Friday July 6, 2012 at Bridgepointe Health Campus. He was born August 21, 1936 in Bicknell to John S. McClure and Alfreda (Klein) Garrison. He attended grade school in Bruceville and Bicknell, and graduated from Terre Haute Wiley High School in 1954. After attending Vincennes University, he graduated the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1957. He served honorably in the U.S. Army from 1959-1961.
He married Lorraine Johnson on June 13, 1959, and with her by his side, he served the community as a funeral director until the onset of his illness. He was the former owner of McClure Funeral Service, McClure Ambulance Service, and the Bicknell Memorial Cemetery. He was a pioneer in emergency medicine in Knox County and became one of the first certified EMT's in the state of Indiana. He was a former volunteer on the Bicknell City Fire Department and a member of the Knox County Sheriff's Department Merit Board. He one of the founders of Lincoln Trail Hospice (now Good Samaritan Hospice), and continued to serve as a board member of the Knox County Health Department. He was honored as the 1981 Bicknell Man of the Year after having served many years as a member of the Labor Day Homecoming Celebration. He was a member of the Mariah Creek Christian Church.
In addition to his wife, Lorraine, he is survived by his two sons: John Ralph McClure and his wife, Dawn (Johnson) of Bruceville and Steve Bruce McClure and his wife, Christa (Arnold) of Bruceville; one daughter: Catherine Ann Peterson and her husband Eric, of Leesburg, Florida; five grandchildren: Lauren Jacobs and her husband Matt, Benjamin McClure, Rachael Faulkner, William Michael McClure, and Caitlyn Janay McClure; and one brother-in-law, Col. James Pelzer of Jacksonville, Florida. He is preceded in death by his father and step-mother, Jane C. McClure; his mother and step-father, Paul Garrison; one sister, Charlotte Pelzer; one niece Jeanne Ellison; and one aunt, Ruth M. Ashby.
The family will receive friends Monday July 9, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Word of Life Church. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the church with burial following at the Bruceville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Fredrick and Son McClure-Utt Funeral Home, Bicknell Chapel.
He married Lorraine Johnson on June 13, 1959, and with her by his side, he served the community as a funeral director until the onset of his illness. He was the former owner of McClure Funeral Service, McClure Ambulance Service, and the Bicknell Memorial Cemetery. He was a pioneer in emergency medicine in Knox County and became one of the first certified EMT's in the state of Indiana. He was a former volunteer on the Bicknell City Fire Department and a member of the Knox County Sheriff's Department Merit Board. He one of the founders of Lincoln Trail Hospice (now Good Samaritan Hospice), and continued to serve as a board member of the Knox County Health Department. He was honored as the 1981 Bicknell Man of the Year after having served many years as a member of the Labor Day Homecoming Celebration. He was a member of the Mariah Creek Christian Church.
In addition to his wife, Lorraine, he is survived by his two sons: John Ralph McClure and his wife, Dawn (Johnson) of Bruceville and Steve Bruce McClure and his wife, Christa (Arnold) of Bruceville; one daughter: Catherine Ann Peterson and her husband Eric, of Leesburg, Florida; five grandchildren: Lauren Jacobs and her husband Matt, Benjamin McClure, Rachael Faulkner, William Michael McClure, and Caitlyn Janay McClure; and one brother-in-law, Col. James Pelzer of Jacksonville, Florida. He is preceded in death by his father and step-mother, Jane C. McClure; his mother and step-father, Paul Garrison; one sister, Charlotte Pelzer; one niece Jeanne Ellison; and one aunt, Ruth M. Ashby.
The family will receive friends Monday July 9, 2012 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Word of Life Church. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the church with burial following at the Bruceville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Fredrick and Son McClure-Utt Funeral Home, Bicknell Chapel.
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